And when a Chinese doesn't answer a question, it usually means "No" ;-)
Relatedly, I am discussing with some US gov't people a potential project involving customizing an AI reasoning system to emulate the different inferential judgments of people from different cultures... ben On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Richard Loosemore <r...@lightlink.com>wrote: > Ben Goertzel wrote: > >> >> yeah ... that's not a matter of the English language but rather a matter >> of the American Way ;-p >> >> Through working with many non-Americans I have noted that what Americans >> often intend as a "playful obnoxiousness" is interpreted by non-Americans >> more seriously... >> > > Except that, in fact, Mike is not American but British. > > As a result of long experience talking to Americans, I have discovered that > what British people intend as routine discussion, Americans interpret as > serious, intentional obnoxiousness. And then, what Americans (as you say) > intend as playful obnoxiousness, non-Americans interpret more seriously. > > > > Richard Loosemore > > > > > > > > I think we had some mutual colleagues in the past who favored such a style >> of discourse ;-) >> >> ben >> >> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Pei Wang <mail.peiw...@gmail.com<mailto: >> mail.peiw...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Ben Goertzel <b...@goertzel.org >> <mailto:b...@goertzel.org>> wrote: >> > >> > IMHO, Mike Tintner is not often rude, and is not exactly a >> "troll" because I >> > feel he is genuinely trying to understand the deeper issues >> related to AGI, >> > rather than mainly trying to stir up trouble or cause irritation >> >> Well, I guess my English is not good enough to tell the subtle >> difference in tones, but his comments often sound that "You AGIers are >> so obviously wrong that I don't even bother to understand what you are >> saying ... Now let me tell you ...". >> >> I don't enjoy this tone. >> >> Pei >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > agi > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI b...@goertzel.org "I intend to live forever, or die trying." -- Groucho Marx ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=123753653-47f84b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
